2023–24 Modern Sport FC season

Modern Sport FC
2023–24 season
Manager	Ricardo Formosinho
Stadium	Al Salam Stadium
Egyptian Premier League	5th
Egypt Cup	Round of 16
Egyptian League Cup	Group stage
CAF Confederation Cup	Quarter-finals
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Modern Sport FC season is the club's 13th season in existence and the third consecutive season in the top flight of Egyptian football. In addition to the domestic league, Modern Sport will participate in this season's editions of the Egypt Cup, the League Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Squad

As of 1 February 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	EGY	Mahmoud Hamdy
2	DF	EGY	Basem Ali
3	FW	GUI	Hadji Barry
4	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Rizk
6	DF	EGY	Ali El Fil
7	MF	EGY	Amr El Sisi
9	FW	EGY	Marwan Mohsen
10	MF	EGY	Ahmed Refaat
11	DF	EGY	Tarek Taha
12	MF	EGY	Mohamed Nosseir
13	DF	CMR	Jonathan Ngwem
14	MF	EGY	Mohamed Mahmoud
15	MF	EGY	Abdallah Mohamed
16	GK	EGY	Mahmoud Genish (captain)
17	FW	EGY	Mohamed Farouk
18	FW	EGY	Omar El Said
19	MF	EGY	Ali Zazaa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	EGY	Mahmoud Shaaban
22	FW	MAR	Abdelkabir El Ouadi
23	GK	EGY	Ahmed Yehia
24	DF	EGY	Khaled Reda
25	GK	EGY	Mohamed Tarek
26	DF	EGY	Mohamed Rabia
27	MF	EGY	Ghanam Mohamed
28	MF	EGY	Mohamed Sadek
30	FW	EGY	Ahmed Atef
31	MF	NGA	Bello Martins
33	FW	GAM	Kajally Drammeh
34	MF	EGY	Kabaka
35	MF	BEN	Hassane Imourane
37	DF	EGY	Abdelrahman Rashdan
38	MF	CMR	Arnold Eba
39	FW	EGY	Mohamed Zaalouk

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mohamed Mahmoud	Al Ahly	Free	8 August 2023	^[2]
FW	Walid Mostafa	Al Ahly	Free	10 August 2023	^[3]
MF	Mohamed Nosseir	Al Ahly	Free	10 August 2023	^[4]
MF	Abdel Rahman Ashraf Mano	Al Ahly	Free	16 August 2023
MF	Christ Bekale	Sheriff Tiraspol	Free	17 August 2023	^[5]
DF	Khaled Reda	ENPPI		17 August 2023	^[6]
FW	Kajally Drammeh	Cape Town City	Loan	14 September 2023	^[7]
MF	Mohamed Sadek	Pyramids	Loan	14 September 2023	^[8]
MF	Hassane Imourane	Loto FC	Loan	14 September 2023	^[9]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mostafa El Badry	Al Ahly	Loan return	20 July 2023	^[10]
MF	Karim Nedved	Al Ahly	Loan return	20 July 2023	^[11]
DF	Saad Samir	Al Ahly	Loan return	20 July 2023	^[12]
MF	Abdallah Yaisien	Released		21 July 2023
MF	Mohanad Lasheen	Pyramids	€1,003,000	10 August 2023	^[13]
DF	Mahmoud Marei	Pyramids	€1,004,000	12 August 2023	^[14]
MF	Mohamed Reda	Pyramids	€1,004,000	14 August 2023	^[15]
DF	Hesham Hafez	Baladiyat El Mahalla	Loan	1 September 2023	^[16]
MF	Ashraf Magdy	El Gouna	Loan	2 September 2023	^[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

28 August 2023 Friendly	Smouha	1–3	Modern Future	Alexandria
	El Badry	Report	El Ouadi Zaazaa Ahmed Atef	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium

2 September 2023 Friendly	Modern Future	3–2	Baladiyat El Mahalla
	Mohsen Atef		Samana

5 September 2023 Friendly	Modern Future	0–1	Ismaily	Cairo
			Magdy	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

9 September 2023 Friendly	Modern Future	1–1	El Gouna	Cairo
				Stadium: Al Salam Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Egyptian Premier League	21 September 2023		Matchday 1		25	9	11	5	26	19	+7	036.00
Egypt Cup	1 June 2024		Round of 32		1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Egyptian League Cup	8 January 2024	24 January 2024	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	1	1	+0	033.33
CAF Confederation Cup	17 September 2023		Second round		9	5	2	2	13	5	+8	055.56
Total					38	16	14	8	43	25	+18	042.11

Last updated: 19 June 2024
Source: Competitions

Egyptian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyramids (Q)	27	21	5	1	49	17	+32	68	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Al Ahly (Q)	23	18	3	2	54	20	+34	57	Qualification for the Champions League second round^[a]
3	Al Masry	29	15	6	8	38	35	+3	51	Qualification for the Confederation Cup first round
4	Modern Future	28	11	11	6	29	20	+9	44
5	ENPPI	29	11	9	9	34	28	+6	42
6	Smouha	28	11	9	8	33	30	+3	42
7	ZED	27	10	11	6	36	25	+11	41
8	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	11	8	10	43	34	+9	41
9	Zamalek (Q)	24	12	5	7	38	25	+13	38^[b]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup second round^[c]
10	Al Ittihad	30	9	11	10	29	39	−10	38
11	Tala'ea El Gaish	29	8	11	10	23	32	−9	35
12	National Bank of Egypt	29	9	6	14	45	42	+3	33
13	El Gouna	30	7	11	12	28	41	−13	32
14	Ismaily	30	7	10	13	29	35	−6	31
15	Pharco	30	6	11	13	30	41	−11	29
16	Baladiyat El Mahalla	29	6	5	18	24	55	−31	23	Relegation to Second Division A
17	Al Mokawloon Al Arab	27	4	8	15	26	46	−20	20
18	El Dakhleya	30	3	10	17	16	39	−23	19

Updated to match(es) played on 8 July 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off tie.^[19]
(Note: Head-to-head records are used for final standings only)
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
^ Zamalek were deducted 3 points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.^[18]
^ Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	9	11	5	26	19	+7	38	3	6	3	11	10	+1	6	5	2	15	9	+6

Last updated: 19 June 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 September 2023.^[20]^[21]

21 September 2023 1	Pharco	0–2	Modern Future	Alexandria
16:00 UTC+3	Gamal 28' Gehad 38' El Bahrawi 49' Naguib 64'	Report	Atef 45+2' Rezk 49', 69' Reda 52' Noussier 90+3'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nagy

26 September 2023 2	Modern Future	2–1	El Dakhleya	Cairo
19:00 UTC+3	Bello 26' Farouk 61' Kamal 66' Refaat 73' (pen.) Rezk 90+3'	Report	Kyambadde 42' Abdelaziz 63' Atef 90+11'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

7 October 2023 3	Tala'ea El Gaish	0–2	Modern Future	Cairo
19:00 UTC+3	Tarek 51'		Kamal 44' Mohsen 86'	Stadium: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour

22 October 2023 4	Modern Future	0–1	Pyramids	Cairo
19:00			Abdel Salam 57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Abdelaziz El Sayed

29 November 2023 7	Modern Future	0–2	Zamalek	Cairo
19:00 UTC+2	Rabia 42'		Zizo 39' (pen.) Ndiaye 45+3'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Tarek Magdy

14 December 2023 9	Modern Future	1–1	Ceramica Cleopatra	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2	Mohsen 17'		Shokry 90+4'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Sayed Munir

15 February 2024 12	Baladiyat El Mahalla	1–0	Modern Future	El Mahalla El Kubra
16:00 UTC+2	Marzouk 38'	Report		Stadium: El Mahalla Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouni

19 February 2024 13	Modern Future	2–2	Al Mokawloon	Cairo
16:00 UTC+2	Zaazaa 12' Atef 36'	Report	Salem 33' Ochaya 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Walid Abdelrazek

29 February 2024 14	Smouha	1–1	Modern Future	Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Hassan 28' (pen.) El Maghraby 31' 44'		Rezk 24' 27' Ngwem 45+8'	Stadium: Alexandria Stadium Referee: Mohamed El Ghazi

TBD 10	Ismaily	v	Modern Future	Ismailia
				Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

TBD 11	Modern Future	v	El Gouna	Cairo
Note: Postponed from 2 January.

Egypt Cup

League Cup

CAF Confederation Cup

Second round

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023.^[22]

17 September 2023 First leg	Singida Fountain Gate	1–0	Modern Future	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00 UTC+3	Rupia 53'			Stadium: Chamazi Stadium Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

1 October 2023 Second leg	Modern Future	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Singida Fountain Gate	Cairo
18:00 UTC+3	Atef 5' Refaat 53' (pen.) Kamal 68' Maher 90+7'		Tchakei 28'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USMA	MOF	HIL	SSU
1	USM Alger	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
2	Modern Future	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	5–0	1–0
3	Al Hilal Benghazi	6	2	0	4	6	13	−7	6		2–1	1–2	—	2–1
4	SuperSport United	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–2	1–1	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26) 1	Modern Future	1–0	SuperSport United	Cairo
15:00 UTC+2	Mohamed 76'	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

3 December 2023 (2023-12-03) 2	Al Hilal Benghazi	1–2	Modern Future	Benghazi, Libya
18:00 UTC+2	Adrees 3'	Report	Mohsen 65' Drammeh 90+2'	Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

10 December 2023 (2023-12-10) 3	USM Alger	1–0	Modern Future	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
20:00 UTC+1	Kanu 65'	Report		Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

20 December 2023 (2023-12-20) 4	Modern Future	0–0	USM Alger	Cairo
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) 5	SuperSport United	1–1	Modern Future	Polokwane, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Matodzi 69'	Report	Zaazaa 31'	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) 6	Modern Future	5–0	Al Hilal Benghazi	Cairo
--:-- UTC+2	Zaazaa 22' Sadek 45' Atef 55', 88' Al Msmari 69' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

References

^ "Modern Future: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "محمد محمود ينتقل لفيوتشر - الأهلي.كوم". el-ahly.com.
^ نبيل, عمرو (August 10, 2023). "خبر في الجول - وليد مصطفى يتمم انتقاله لـ فيوتشر". FilGoal.com.
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[table_note_res_ACL0.25912379392382-18] Al Ahly qualified for the Champions League second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.

[table_hth_ZAM0.25912379392382-20] Zamalek were deducted 3 points for refusing to play their away fixture against Al Ahly, scheduled to be played on 25 June 2024.^[18]

[table_note_res_ZCC0.25912379392382-21] Zamalek qualified for the Confederation Cup second round by winning the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

[1] "Modern Future: Squad". Egyptian Premier League. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[2] "محمد محمود ينتقل لفيوتشر - الأهلي.كوم". el-ahly.com.

[3] نبيل, عمرو (August 10, 2023). "خبر في الجول - وليد مصطفى يتمم انتقاله لـ فيوتشر". FilGoal.com.

[4] أونلاين, أهلي (August 10, 2023). "فيوتشر يتعاقد مع ثنائي الأهلي | أهلي أونلاين". www.ahly.online.

[5] "فيوتشر يتعاقد مع مهاجم جابوني". كووورة. August 16, 2023.

[6] "فيوتشر يضم نجم إنبي". كووورة. August 17, 2023.

[7] "مودرن فيوتشر يضم الجامبى كاجالى درامى موسماً على سبيل الإعارة". اليوم السابع. September 14, 2023.

[8] "فيوتشر يضم محمد صادق على سبيل الإعارة". www.albawabhnews.com. September 14, 2023.

[9] "مودرن فيوتشر يضم رسميا حساني ايموران قائد منتخب بنين". فيتو. September 14, 2023.

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[12] "قرار نهائي من كولر بشأن عودة سعد سمير إلى الأهلي". sport.elwatannews.com.

[13] "Pyramids FC continue summer transfer spree as Lasheen becomes 5th signing - Egyptian Football - Sports - Ahram Online".

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[15] "Future FC midfielder Bobo joins a Pyramids FC star-studded roster - Egyptian Football - Sports - Ahram Online".

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[19] "Zamalek will not participate in the Cairo derby: Statement". Al Ahram Online. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[22] "لائحة دوري النيل للموسم الجديد 2023-2024" [Nile League 2023/24 season's regulations] (PDF). Egyptian Pro League (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[23] "تحديد موعد قرعة وانطلاق الدوري المصري الممتاز".

[24] "قرعة الدوري المصري 2023 – 2024.. الزمالك أمام بيراميدز والأهلي يواجه المصري في الجولة الأولى". 11 September 2023.

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